[meta-freescale] imx6q: image with both fb & x11 features

[Daiane Angolini]

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Prasant J <pj0585 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want to build the latest fsl-community-bsp image
>> (fsl-L3.14.28_1.0.0). I can choose  to build any one backend (fb, x11,
>> wayland or directfb). The libraries of the other backends are removed
>> or not built.
>>
>> Is it possible to build the image for framebuffer (fb) backend but
>> also include libraries of the x11 ? If yes, how can it be done?
>
> The way the Yocto Project is intended for use does not make this easy to do.
>
> Generally speaking the backend relies in different library files and
> we cannot have both enabled at same time.
>
> You can easily have two different distros in same Yocto Project
> platform and use two different build directories to generate a couple
> of products based on a specific backend. We do it often at O.S.
> Systems for different customers and the biggest benefit of this is
> traceability and reproducibility of your products.
>

One important topic to add on top of Otavio's reply is that, sometimes
we want X11 library enabled but we also want to have a "direct
control" of frame buffer without using a X11 application (like sato,
for example)

Maybe you can describe a little bit more your need


Daiane

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